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Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of FTX, is seeking space outside detention weekly to prepare for his upcoming trial. His attorneys rejected the two-day-a-week release proposal previously made by the U.S. government. 
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="detention-conditions-challenged">Detention conditions challenged </h2> 
Bankman-Fried has been in a New York jail for a week, but he is requesting to be released five days a week so that he may work on his defense with his attorneys at the federal courthouse in Manhattan. 
The disgraced entrepreneur’s attorneys claimed in a letter sent on Aug. 18 to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that Bankman-Fried couldn’t <a href="https://crypto.news/sam-bankman-fried-to-face-trial-only-on-8-initial-charges/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">thoroughly review</a> the massive amount of documents in his case while he was detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. 
Bankman-Fried, 31, had his $250 million bail revoked last week for allegedly attempting to tamper with witnesses. 
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In a letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, attorneys argue that granting Bankman-Fried only two days per week to analyze the “extraordinary volume” of evidence without a dedicated computer violated his constitutional right to adequate representation under the Sixth Amendment and hampered his defense. 
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="strong-is-sbf-pushing-his-luck-strong">Is SBF pushing his luck?</h2> 
ZFZ Law firm co-founder Michael Zweiback believes Bankman-Fried is “poking the judge,” and advised the former FTX chief to stop discussing the case. 
“He is only undermining his ability to get a fair trial in front of a jury.” 
Authorities charged Bankman-Fried with <a href="https://crypto.news/sam-bankman-fried-allegedly-diverted-ftx-investors-money-to-political-donations-through-straw-donors/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/sam-bankman-fried-allegedly-diverted-ftx-investors-money-to-political-donations-through-straw-donors/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">stealing</a> billions of dollars from FTX clients to support a different hedge fund, engage in dangerous trading, purchase real estate, and contribute to political campaigns. 
The most recent version of Bankman-Fried’s indictment, which contains seven accusations of fraud and conspiracy, will be presented before his arraignment on Aug. 22. 
Bankman-Fried has <a href="https://crypto.news/sam-bankman-fried-denies-misusing-customer-funds/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/sam-bankman-fried-denies-misusing-customer-funds/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">refuted</a> the charges and pleads not guilty. 
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